, 1887-02-17
LOCAL JoTTINGs.
From Tuesday y Is daily.

Young and old extracted q vast
amount Of pleasure from the sleigh
ing yesterday.
Get tickets to the Grand Army
campfire that comes of on the 22nd.
That will be an event that every
body can enjoy.
Paul F. Mohr, ESQ, Is reported to
he dowL with fever. It Is to be
hoped that the gentleman's indispo-
sition Ii only OF temporary char
acter.
Sleiehing is better than at any
time during the winter and there |
was Q continuous and never ceasing |
Changing OF bells ali day yesterday.
Frank Gray, editor Of the Daven-
port Times, spent the last several
days In this city. He went down to
Cheney last evening to take In the
bail at that place.
The old opera house will contain
one OF the largest audiences ever col
lected between Its four walls Satur-
day evening on the occasion OF the
visit OF the Abbott opera company.
F. j. Watkins, of Spokane Falls,
has recently been appointed inspec-
tor Of customs. He was In the city
yesterday en- route to eastern WASH
ingtOn from Port Townsend. Ia
coma Ledger.
The last snow fall was the heaviest
of the season In this immediate VIZ
in the nature Of the weather before
very long I'm order to keep up the
reputation of eastern Washington
for an early spring.
About the only sales of any extent
made yesterday was In the wood
line. The roads were in good con-
dition for teaming, and an unusual
large amount OF fuel was offered on
the market. It all sold readily at
current market prices.
Charles Kennedy, OF the Rock
Island railroad, says: "There will
be 6O,OOO men at work IN the Ward
ner district before January i, 1888,
and reports that there Is more ore In
sight ut Wardner than ever Virginia
City could boast of in its palmiest
deya."
The boys around the railroad Office
will have a seige of hard work when
the delayed freight commences COM
ing in. They have freight bills on
hand for goods shipped month ago,
and about every business house in
the city has goods strung along on
the road somewhere.
Simon Seitenbach, one of the pro-
prietOrs Of the White House, de-
parted Sunday ON visit to Portland
and his old home at Albany, Oregon.
The gentleman has made q vast
number of warm friends in this city
who trust thst his absence will be
Of very short duration.
The III arksmen about town, and
there are lots Of them, are preparing
e do good shooting on the 22nd when
Straus gives his next shooting match.
Il IL expected that the best scores
ever made In this vicinity over 200
date.
Richard Clinton has no idea Of
moving to Spokane Falls, though
tits true he intends building fine
theafer there. Spokane. Will now
make the connecting link between
Minneapolis and San Francisco for
variety people, the cities interyen-
ing being Helena, Butte, Spokane
and Portland Mercury.
A number of parties left this city
yesterday afternoon in sleighs for
Cheney, to attend the ball given at
that place last evening. One four
horse wagon box sled took a whole
crowd bent on pleasure, which they
fIlOSt UssuIt-uiy VIII Iho ~ thOAC 10
anything of the kind in circulation
around our neighbOring town.
Luther L. Burtenshaw and g. M.
Sterns, the former gentleman from
Pennington and the latter from
Walla Walla, made this Office call
yesterday. They are'members of the
professional ranks, being attorneys
at-law, and are looking over the
Falls with q view to locating. They
appear to be bright, intelligent
gentlemen and would make an ex-
celient addition to the community.
w. s. Burns, formerly engaged in
business i'm this city, but for the past
two years resident Of Eagle and
Murray, in the Occur dAlenes, has
been visiting among old friends for
several days. Mr.. Burns was one OF
the first to take saw mill into the
be, for in those days trip into the !
camp in winter, was stupendiOus
undertaking. Mr.. Burns has met
with considerable success in the !
camp, and will return In few days.
As Gen. Curry and Judge Hough-
ton were going to Pullman last week,
their team got mired In the slush
ice and mud in Four Mile creek.
Curry unhitched the team and
started to lead IL across the creek,
saying he would get no wetter. He
made few steps forward and went
down to his shoulders in deep hole
of water and ice. HOughtOn made
Jump from the buggy toward shore,
and falling short Of his aim, fell Ia
the creek. The position was little
ridlculOus, but the story as rendered
by Judge HOughtOn is mirth-ag-
gfavating one.-PalOuse News.
II IA desired to call particular at
<nus so,, IN tho Ia ct that Sad wick pOef